Story Archives of 'Twitter'

Now for an irresistibly geeky topic that's trending on Twitter. For those unfamiliar with the microblogging site, users post updates, or "tweets," and can tag their tweets with hash marks followed by topic titles. And anyone can search for tweets about a trendy topic, be it "Tiger Woods" or "Iran Election."

Malaysia is a country historically known for government control over media and internet access. That changed in 2008, when an election upheaval replaced some of the ruling coalition’s seats with members of the opposition party.

Now, the prime minister of Malaysia is trying to win back the attention of his constituents, and has climbed atop the digital pulpit – reaching out through blogging, Facebook and Twitter.

Newark, New Jersey is a down-on-its-luck town that’s normally the butt of jokes. But the city ended 2009 on a high note, thanks to its eager-to-help mayor, Cory Booker.

I think Here's What's Awesome needs a catchphrase - something as catchy as Gomer Pyle's "Sha-zam!" but as down to earth as Daniel Schorr's "This is Daniel Schorr." Let's think on this as we explore another week of awesome links:

And next, three people and a piccolo
Two Brazilian musicians prove that a) you don't need two guitars to play a guitar duet, and b) you don't need to "beatbox" or sing about robots to become an internet musical sensation!

Support for Here's What's Awesome comes from the Here's What's Awesome Foundation, helping awesome links help you, since 2008. On the web at... well, right here.

So what song is it y'all want to type in and have a computer sing?

We know all about Twitter’s usefulness as a promotional tool. It’s boosted audience numbers at events, from concerts to plays. But the online service may have even more uses.

A Broadway musical recently used it for more than just promotion. Over a six-week span, the play, titled "Next to Nothing," tweeted out lines and links to audio for musical numbers.

With Hurricane Bill sending torrents of rain down upon us, I wanted to start this week's column by reassuring you, dear reader, that no amount of rain can keep your weekly complement of awesome links from being delivered. Here's What's Awesome: we're like the Post Office, except we don't actually go out in the rain, we just work at a desk like we do when it's not raining. Forget I brought this up.

@god pls help me out kthx